Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MA0100315
ADAMS W W T P, Adams, MA: NPDES MA0100315 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 12Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ADAMS W W T P holds NPDES permit MA0100315, which discharges to Hoosic River. EPA’s file records it issued July 13, 2005 and expiring September 12, 2010. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | ADAMS W W T P |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | ADAMS W W T P |
| NPDES ID | MA0100315 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 13, 2005 |
| Expiration date | September 12, 2010 |
| Address | Adams, MA 01220 |
| Receiving water | HOOSIC RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Phillips Creek-Hoosic River (HUC 020200030603) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler MAR000621813 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 16With a violation of any kind
- 12With an effluent exceedance
An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 2 | 8 | 6 | November 30, 2016 | 454% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 6 | 6 | December 31, 2016 | 163% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 12 | 10 | 3 | November 30, 2016 | 168% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 3 | 3 | August 31, 2005 | 98% over the limit |
| LC50 Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 3 | 3 | November 30, 2013 | 99,999% over the limit |
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 3 | 3 | November 30, 2021 | 74% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 12 | 16 | 1 | December 31, 2000 | 505% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2016 | |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 1 | 1 | July 31, 2002 | 22% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 1 | 1 | April 30, 2002 | 16% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2017 | 11% over the limit |
| E. coli, thermotol, MF, MTEC | 0 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2021 | 6% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MA0100315.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.
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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.